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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

Where once our communications happened in a point-to-point fashion that mirrored our org chart, now our day began with a video teleconference where thousands from around the world would hear and share the latest information available.”. Our mandate was to scale the effectiveness of small, elite teams onto the enterprise level.

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business

The company is a €36 billion decentralized collection of valuable brands — which they call houses (or maisons ) — covering fashion, wine and spirits, cosmetics, and jewelry. Like many luxury brands, Krug was struggling after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Courage to Act; Reflections on Fed Hubris; What if Whatever it Takes is Not Enough? Fed Troika?

MishTalk

Bernanke again paraded his lack of insight of the Fed’s leading role in causing the 2008 crisis. Bank of Israel was ranked the world’s most efficiently functioning central bank under Fischer’s leadership in 2010. In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, Global Finance magazine’s Central Banker Report Card gave Fischer an “A” rating.

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How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

Harvard Business

The financial crisis of 2008 is often attributed to deregulation and unfettered capitalism. Already, the World Trade Organization reports a rise in protectionist measures by the G20 countries, with 1,583 added since 2008 and only 387 removed. But this ascendancy is under threat. The first, and most obvious, is trade protectionism.